Maximiliano I of Mexico

Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph (6 July 1832-19 June 1867), later Maximilian of Mexico, was Emperor of the Mexican Empire from 1861 to 1867. He was the younger brother of Franz Joseph I of Austria and was made Emperor of Mexico by the French. In winter 1861 he became trade partners with the Confederate States. Despite these friendships he was overthrown by Benito Juarez's republican rebels and was executed along with many of his government officials.